synopsis
Solstice is a personal narrative centered on the emblematic rituals of the peoples of the North and East.
"It is the longest day of the year. The day when the sun seems to stop.
Light floods the earth and resonates on beings, life is reborn.
Called Kupala among the Slavs, Kupalès among the Balts, the night of the solstice is a traditional celebration. It finds its roots in pagan festivals closely linked to the forces of nature and the cult of the sun.
It is the time of the fertile earth and fertility rituals carried by women's incantations around water and fire.
Every June 21, for the past 10 years, I have traveled from Saint Petersburg to Maloyaroslavets in Russia, to the island of Lake Ives in Belarus, to Kaunas, Vilnius and to the Polish and Latvian countryside to attend the summer solstice and bear witness to this very special moment with the peoples of the North celebrating the return of light.
Between documentary and fiction, Solstice is a personal and imaginary narration based on ritual celebrations. I thus wish to report on the invisible forces that pass through places and beings during the white nights. Of the communion of time and the cycles of the earth. "
- Claudine Doury
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Publisher : Origini Edizioni
2023
83 pages
53 photos
dimensions : 33 x 25 cm
250 copies numbered and signed
languages : french / english
2023
83 pages
53 photos
dimensions : 33 x 25 cm
250 copies numbered and signed
languages : french / english
about Claudine Doury
Claudine Doury was born in Blois, near Orléans, France, in 1959. After studying Journalism, she first worked as a photo editor, before turning fully to photography. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (1999). Her mostly long-term series have been published and exhibited worldwide. Doury has been a member of the Agence VU since 1991. She lives and works in Paris.
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Publisher : Origini Edizioni
2023 (1st edition)
Collectors' edition limited to 15 copies with an inkjet print on bamboo paper in 15 copies numbered and signed by Claudine Doury.
2023 (1st edition)
Collectors' edition limited to 15 copies with an inkjet print on bamboo paper in 15 copies numbered and signed by Claudine Doury.